PORTLAND, Maine — A New Hampshire man was sentenced Friday to serve nearly 20 years in prison for trafficking heroin and cocaine in Maine and New Hampshire.
Andre Hunter, 48, of Rochester, New Hampshire, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Portland to 235 months in prison, followed by three years supervised release, according to court documents.
Hunter was indicted by the federal grand jury in October 2014 on charges of conspiracy to distribute heroin and cocaine, possession with intent to distribute heroin, and possession with intent to distribute cocaine.
Prosecutors charged that from April 2014 until his arrest in September 2014, Hunter supplied heroin and cocaine to others who then distributed the drugs in Maine and New Hampshire before returning some of the proceeds to Hunter.
Hunter was arrested Sept. 26, 2014, on his way to deliver drugs, according to documents. Heroin and cocaine were found in the fuel door of his car, and he told police he was delivering drugs and had done so previously.
A search warrant executed later that day at his home turned up a digital scale, drug residue and $30,382 in cash that police said was proceeds from selling drugs.
Hunter initially pleaded not guilty to all three counts, but in December, he changed his plea to guilty.
He faced a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a $1 million fine on each count.